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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 7.2
জয় জয় মহাপ্রভু শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য ।
তাঁহার চরণাশ্রিত, সেই বড় ধন্য ॥ ২॥
jaya jaya mahāprabhu śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
tāṅhāra caraṇāśrita, sei baḍa dhanya
Let me offer glorification to the Supreme Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One who has taken shelter of His lotus feet is the most glorified person.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Prabhu means master. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is called Mahāprabhu because He is the supreme master of all masters.
A person who takes shelter of His lotus feet is most glorified.
By His mercy, one can reach loving service to the Lord. This loving service is transcendental to salvation.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Collective delight. The Pañca-tattva gives divine love a relational and communal form.
The mood of Ādi 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does placing loving service beyond salvation shape my spiritual goal?
Offer a short prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking for His mercy to serve the Lord with love.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it · quoted in 1 more lecture. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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